Headlight



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Patented June 21, 1927.

a UNITED STATES PATENTAQFEICE."

ROLAND H. SHIPPEYFAND HARRY n. VAN LEUNEN, or wIcHIrA, KANSAS.

'HEAI'DLIGHT.

' 7 Application filed October 30, 1925. Serial No. 65,785.

Gur invention relatesto head lightsf The object of our invention is to intensify thelight power of the lamp by the use of a specially made lens. I

A further object of our invention is to provide a reflector that the reflection of the light rays are centralized along the road bed.

A still further object of our invention is to provide adjusting means for the lens from the exterior of the headlight housing.

A still further object of our invention is to provide a lens retracting the rays on the horizontal plane.

These and other objects will be after more fully explained; reference being had to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification, wherein like characters refer to like parts throughout the different views.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional the head light. v

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the head light. v

Fig. 3 is a diagram used to explain the grinding of the lens.

Fig. 1 is a sectional view taken on lmes H in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a. transverse sectional view to Fig. 4 taken on lines 55 in Fig. 3,

Fig. 6 is an enlarged side elevation of the headlight lamp and the lens supporting means, part being in section.

Fig. 7 is a transverse View of Fig. 6 taken on line 7-7.

Fig. 8 is a top view of Fig. 6.

Fig. 9 is a plan View of the adjusting means taken on line 99 in Fig. 6 looking in the direction of the arrow. 7

The head light mechanism herein disclosed consists of a housing 1, having a plain glass lens 3, the saidglass having detachable means as a support therefor. 'Positioned within said housing is a reflector 4, being conical in shape and the rear portion being semispherical, the said reflector being so positioned that the axis thereof is hori-' zontally inclined for convenience of light ray refraction described,

In the rear of the reflector is positioned a socket 5 having a lamp 6 placed therein, 7 is a feed wire connecting the lamp with the electric current, note that the lamp is positioned slightly eccentric in the semispherical back of the reflector, but the said lamp tends view through hereinto direct the rays through lens 8 on a horizontal plane independent of the reflector,the said lens 8 is supported by an annular frame E which is rigidly connected to a'bell crank 9, the said bell crank being pivotally supported by amember 10 which is rigidly positioned on the end of a tube 11 extending downward and being supported and adjusted by a'mechanism consisting of a ball plate 12 seated in a socket 13, the said socket being rigidly attached to the bottom of the housing 1, concentrically positioned in said plate is a sleeve 14, the said sleevebeing rigidly connected to the plate and adapted to receive tube 11 slidablyengag ing therein, on the lower end of the sleeve" is placed a. set screw 15 as means for binding the tube in a set position, slidably engaging in tube 11 is a rod 16 having a ring F on the end thereof functioning as a grip when rocking the. lens to a desired position, the opposite end of the rod being rigidly connected to the'bell crank as at G, and being resilient the end thereof will yield to the curvature required as the crank is rocked.

When the desired angle of the lens is acquired the rod is held firmly in position by of the lamp axis. The said adjustment may be due to the rocking of the tube as shown by dotted lines H and H, the object of which is to Varythe distance between the lamp and the lens, the said rocking of the washer 21 providing a direct bearing on the face of the crown when the screw is positioned at an angle.

1 On the underside of the lamp housing an annular-member 22 is rigidly attached, the said member being threaded on the inside 'vertically positioned tube 11 is actuated by I V In Fig. 1 is shown the reflection at the light rays from the reflector by a plurality of lines radiating from the lainn center and horizontally inclining and obliquely from the surface of the reflector by lines extendrays indicated by lines 2i which are centrally positioned and flowing on a horizontal plane are those projected by the lens as positioned in Fig. 4 and the rays transversely thereto as shown at 25 in Fig. 5. The said i-ays'extending' to the sides of the. road by reason of the rear side of the lens as at L being cylindrical ground, and the axis there of vertically positioned andthe opposite side or front of the lens is convexed, therefore the rays from the lamp travel practically parallel horizontally and flaring transversely. This arrangement produces a brilliant light on a planebelow the vision of the drlver of an approaching car, andby reason of the inclined'positionof the reflector as of simultaneous. with the reflection by the lens. r

Such modifications may be employed as lies within the scope 'ot'theappended claim. Having tliiisdescribed our invention, what wecla-im as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: V ing therefrom as shown in Fig. 1, the light in a head light, thecombination of a housing, a reflector, electric lighting means,

of a lens, said-lens adapted to intensify and! direct light rays of said lighting means, a verticals-y disposed tube supportlng said lens, a ball plate, a sleeve concentrically V mounted in said ball plate, said. tube slideab'ly engaging in said sleeve, means for binding said tube in said sleeve at'a fixed position,v a socket bearing for said'b'all plate and a plurality of screws as'rockingand binding means for said plate by which said. lens is positioned as desired in ing means.

ROLAND H. SHIPPEY. HARRY D. VAN'LEUNEN.

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